Stop pipeline in the Pinelands

Thursday

Oct 31, 2013 at 12:01 AMOct 31, 2013 at 1:00 AM

Anyone living in Burlington County must know how precious the Pine Barrens are to us all. I am writing to you about an extremely serious threat to this beautiful and vital area. A plan that would seriously endanger this area has been presented to the Pinelands Commission. The commission’s charter calls for it to “protect and regulate” the Pine Barrens. The plan calls for a 22-mile pipeline, 24 inches in diameter, to be built by South Jersey Gas in the heart of this ecological paradise. Although this pipeline can be built in another, less-sensitive area, and although the energy it provides will not be used here, the commission has begun the process to approve this plan. Also, this is taking place despite large protests from the community against this action.

Contemporary poet Gary Snyder wrote, “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” Indeed, the Pine Barrens is home to all of us, to our souls, our hearts, our bodies. But it also is home to 39 species of mammals, 850 species of plants, and myriad species of birds, reptiles and fish.

This proposed pipeline threatens home for all of us. Isn’t it enough that so much of our planet is endangered? Let us work to save our little piece of paradise. Write the Pinelands Commission to express your disapproval of the pipeline and join the Pinelands Preservation Alliance in stopping this madness.

Sharon Rees Eiferman

Mount Laurel

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